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The Light Phone
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#142I think an Apple Watch with cellular accomplishes a lot of what light phone does. Leave your phone behind and just keep all the social apps off the watch (they’re not really usable anyway). You can still accomplish a lot of what you need from a phone, and pair some AirPods and you have music, podcasts, easy hands free calling
Apple Watch + AirPods is more than the price of a new Apple phone.
Unless you’re buying second-hand, or on contract, this is categorically untrue.
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#143I'm curious to see what would happen if someone made a simple phone that behaved as an access point. Hook up my watch, my tablet, bluetooth headphones, let it stay in my pocket most of the time.
Most currently-available features phones in North America support creating LTE-based wifi hotspots.
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#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought the whole point of this phone was to NOT have those things.
Nobody bought the Light Phone to escape the dopamine drip of Calculator.
I read that Nintendo invented the "Game & Watch" games (pre-dating the GameBoy) after an engineer watched a businessman on a train entertaining himself by playing with a calculator.
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#145I think an Apple Watch with cellular accomplishes a lot of what light phone does. Leave your phone behind and just keep all the social apps off the watch (they’re not really usable anyway). You can still accomplish a lot of what you need from a phone, and pair some AirPods and you have music, podcasts, easy hands free calling
I know this is crazy but one can also just not install social apps on one’s phone, and continue to use all the functions that still provide a great deal of utility without compromises.
The problem is that it’s an addiction — I was addicted, so I would still access those apps via the browser. Until I permanently deleted all of my accounts, I would still be looking at them for hours a day. Even now, I waste my time with Reddit or even HN. :)
The root problem is much deeper and I think it’s difficult to address without behavior change (which is hard). Making it very difficult to do is a good compromise while you’re also working on building self control. These phones take that difficulty to a new level so long as you’re away from your other devices.
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#146Removable battery?
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#147Why not just have one phone, instead of a Global phone and a North American phone?
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#148Why not just have one phone, instead of a Global phone and a North American phone?
A single chip which supports more LTE bands is more expensive.
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#149Why not just get the bottom of the line unlocked Android phone from Walmart for $39?[1] Delete the Google crap, install F_Droid and some basic apps. That's basically what I have, on a Caterpillar Tractor ruggedized phone. No "social" anything. Base email, Fennic browser, ZANavi maps, Mozilla location info provider. Someone could compete with these guys by buying low-end phones in bulk and reconfiguring them that way.…
I just bought the light phone 2 and I'm reconsidering it after your comment. Can you please elaborate on what/how to do this? I'd love to spend 49 bucks for a basic phone + maps, without crapware.
What I did:
- Get a phone in its no Google account state. - When it demands that you log into Google, choose "Later". - Delete Google First time app. This prevents the registration thing from coming up again. - Download F-Droid. - Use F-Droid to download Fennic, which is a version of Firestorm. - Deactivae most Google apps, Play Store, etc. Play Store Services may have to stay. - Use F-Droid to download other stuff as required.
You now have a useful Android phone with no Google account.
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#150It's like the world collectively decided to forget that basic feature phones and cheap prepaid plans have always existed and continue to exist.
I switched back to a Nokia 3310, disabled data and love it. Its cheap, I can make calls, I can sms, I can take really crappy photos when I need to remember something. Calculator, Alarms, few other little things. It's all I need.
I have a nice PC for everything else.